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Altcoin

Any crypto asset other than bitcoin.

A catch-all covering everything from major settlement layers to tokens with no users. Its only shared property is that these assets tend to fall harder than bitcoin when liquidity leaves.

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Market Capitalisation, Fully Diluted Valuation, Liquidity, Order Book, Bid-Ask Spread

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